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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Loving Vertically

"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of
joy." - Psalm 126:5

There is nothing more difficult than being in the midst of
our pain and someone needs something from us.Whether it is our mercy, forgiveness, compassion or simply time spent in
their pain, it depletes strengths that we don’t have to give.This is the way of the Lord however, as He
guarantees that as we reach out to others, He reaches down to us.

We access His grace, mercy and compassion as we give it away
which is why there is an endless supply.God would not require something of His children that we were incapable
of giving.God knows that as we live
outside of ourselves it frees up the flow of God’s provision for every
situation.He chose us to be His hands,
mouth and feet to accomplish great things in His name. This choosing was not because He needed us to
do His bidding, but because He wanted us to participate in His divine
nature.The more participation we
experience with Him we more know and love Him.

No matter what our pain is we are called to a higher level
of living and to plant God’s hands deeply in the lives of others.When vertical love is present first and
foremost (earth to heaven), then we access what is required to love
horizontally (our heart to the heart of others).